published cover
Savage Wolverine DPS by Frank Cho
Location: Non Super-Hero Art
Artists:
John Buscema
(Penciller)
,
Klaus Janson
(Inker)
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Tarzan was really miffed when his Atari 2600 controller broke causing him to lose the inaugural Joust tournament.
Nice Dan! What a battle of the loincloths!
Dynamic and Explosive!! Buscema at his greatest!!!
Nothing says "battle scene" like some flying teeth! Great example, Duke.
Hard to go wrong with a Buscea battle piece and cover. Congrats!
Nice read, and good that it ended up in your collection especially after your disappointment of seeing it sold.
I like the Cho piece comparison, but Cho's figures are somewhat stiff in comparison to Buscema's. Nobody does or did figure movement quite like Big John. This is a splendid Tarzan example and after all the psychological pain you went through with it before it ultimately ended up in your collection, it is well deserved, I think! Kudos!
John Buscema does what he does best! The human figure in motion in all its raw glory for all out battle for survival is very compelling. Every weapon, every emotion, and every loin cloth perfectly placed like a Renaissance painting where there's a story being told in each figure! The late 70's was when adventure fantasy was making a big revival of older properties, but now done in a way that hadn't been this exciting.
I remember when Joe Kubert was drawing Tarzan. I always thought it would be difficult to match his ability to present such a captivating image of the Lord of the Jungle. I was wrong. Big John crushed it!
This is like the one minute later version of Wolverine #7
what a fantastic cover dude!
Ass-kicking, prime-time, Big John Tarzan cover!!
Outstanding Bronze Age Buscema action cover! As a huge JB fan myself, I'm quite jealous. Congrats Sir Duke!
my whole collection for this piece !
What a way to combine interests in the old Tarzan flicks with this stuff we love in comic OA, and by the great John Buscema! Great action scene composition, with the master of gestural figurework doing his thing! And yes! Totally see the connection with that Cho DPS :) Remember that run fondly. Congrat on the page...it got where it needed to get!
Whoa, such a cool Big John Tarzan cover, great stuffs, congrats!
Big Congrats! Love Tarzan, love Buscema, love the cover!
Wow! Another great score for the museum. Congrats!
I held this in my hands. It's masterful. Fantastic add!
I always prefer Big John inking himself but what an intense cover. You really feel the fury of the brawl. I hope that when it came down to it, you were comfortable with the price paid.
NICE!
Definitely hurting your f to m ratio on this one.
Thanks for sharing your backstory and glad you ended up with it. Aside from the movies I've never read Tarzan either, but the art is amazing
Beauty! Big John on Tarzan was some of his best work
Killer cover! I remember this appearing for sale and then disappearing and reappearing a few times, as well. I'm glad that you kept tracking it and congratulations on an amazing piece!
Fantastic! Beautiful action-packed fight scene. Buscema at his best!
Tremendous!
It is clear that JB had huge knownlege about anatomy! At the same level that the classic painters!!! IMHO this is what mafe his art almost perfect. I can't think in a better example of it.
A Wolverine and Tarzan team-up comic could actually be pretty cool, imo. Just thought of that since you tire them together. But as for this cover, awesome! Beautiful detailed work by Buscema. Great patient score!
Wow, a beautifully crafted Tarzan cover by Big John! Simply fantastic!
I also was a fan of Tarzan growing up!! I loved the DC comics as well as the Tarzan Marvel comics too!!! I probably still have them somewhere!! Huge congrats on this piece !! Memories!!!!
Buscema action at its finest.
Outstanding work by two masters!
One of my favorite Tarzan cover. Congrats!
Just don't get much better than this.
A lovely backstory, whic I greatly enjoyed reading, and a stunning cover. Buscema stuffed so much in, beautifully composed, that the viewer doesn't even immediately notice that one of the warriors seems to be riding (a) Big Bird. The figures are sup[erb, and Janson's inks are wonderful too. Great, great cover!